26 December 2008

How to Draw a Horse.

Elf and Emperor got a "How to Draw Horses and Ponies" kit for Christmas. Here are their creations. Emperor had a VERY HARD time drawing the first oval. Once that was helped with a bit, the rest of the drawing turned out nicely. Elf has decided to use watercolours and Emperor stuck with the more traditional "marker" medium.

Cool horses. The do have character. My obsessive daughter was frustrated to tears when she was six because she couldn't get the oval exactly like the one in the book when she was trying to draw a horse. I took the book away. She's much calmer now.

I wish I had those "Draw Anything Now" books when I was a kid. I don't see shapes and colors... I don't have an artist eye. But, I bought one of those books for Marissa once and we both spent the whole day drawing.

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